Resilient mounting



' Oct. 11, 1938; c. E. WORKMAN' Er/XL RESILIENT MOUNTING Filed Dec. 17, 1936 IINVENTOR CLARENCE E.WORHM AND 7 LEROY-M. KUBAUGH Patented Oct. 11, 1938 2,132,840

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BESILIENT MOUNTING Clarence E. Workman and Le Roy H. Kubaugh,

Akron, Ohio, assignors to The Firestone Tire 8i Rbulll iber Company, Akron,'0bio, a corporation o Application December 1'1, 1936, Serial No. 116,314 6 Claims. (01. 248-22) This invention relates to resilient mountings, respective apertures 20 for receiving the atand more especially it relates to resilient, vitaching screws H. The side wall of the member bration absorbing structures that are positionl6 tapers upwardly, and its upper marginal porable between respective supporting and supported tion curves radially inwardly to provide a flange structures that are movable relatively of each 2|. The uppermost metal member II has a side F other. The invention is of primary utility for wall that is hexagonal transversely, as is most supporting motors or other heavy J machinery clearly shown in Figure 2, and at the lower end that vibrates during use. of the member said side wall merges into a cir- The chief objects of the invention are to procular formation that curves radially outwardly .vid'e a mounting of the character mentioned that to provide a flange 22. The outside diameter of 10 is so constructed as to prevent excessive rebound the flange 22 is somewhat larger than thejnside of the vibratory structure; and to provide ametal diameter of the flange 2| of the lower metal and rubber structure of the character mentioned member, and in the assembled mounting flange wherein the metal will serve as a support for the 22 is disposed below flange 2|. At its upper end, supported member in the event of failure of the the wall of the metal member ll extends normal adhesion of the rubber to the metal. Another to the axis of the mounting, flush with the top object is to provide'a resilient mounting of such thereof, and is formed with an axial aperture 23 construction that the supported member may be for receiving the bolt l3. At the rounded juncattached to or removed from it without disture of the side wall and the flange 22, tongues turbing the attachment of the mounting to the 24, 24 are struck out from the member H at supporting structure. Other objects will be diametrically opposite points, saidtongues bemanifest as the s'pecificatiorf proceeds. ing initially disposed substantially in continua- Of the accompanying drawing: I tion of two of the flat sidesof the member, as Figure 1 is a diametric sectional view of a re shown in broken lines in Figure 1. Subsequently 25 silient mounting embodying the invention, in its the tongues are bent inwardly, over the nut 25 preferred form, along the long axis thereof, and It, as. shown, to prevent removal of the said a portion of a supporting and a supported strucnut. ture with which the mounting is operatively as- The resilient rubber body l8 of the mounting is Sociated; so vulcanized to the metal inserts l6, IT as to Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the resilent hold the same in axial alignment and in tele- 30 mounting structure; "and scoped relation, with the flange 2| of member Figure 3 is a fragmentary diametric section of It above and in overhanging relation to flange a'modified embodiment of the invention. 22 of member l'l. 0n the outer face of the Referring to the drawing, III is a supporting mounting the rubber structure |8is formed as a structure to which; the resilient mounting is at-, rounded shoulder that merges with the frustotached by means ofcap-screws -or bolts H, H, conical outer face of metal member l6, and also and I2 is a supported structure which may be merges into the plane 01 the l of h m in and usually is a vibratory body, the latter being a little outside the metal member I1. On the secured totheresilient support by means of abolt inner face of t e mounting the rubb r S 40 I3 that includes a nut ll. ture is formed a rounded shoulder that extends 40 The resilient mounting structure comprises from the rounded juncture of the side .wall and two annular, cup-shaped metal members It and p ripheral flange 22 of m t l member to he I! respectively that are disposed in telescoped plane of the bottom face of metal member I6, but spaced apart relation, and a dome-shaped merging With e d P a e ihwaldly'of the body of resilient rubber l8 bonded to said metal i c Structure 01 d m a member- 45 members by vulcanization and occupying the T r a m is S c tha when the respace between them, portions of said metal silient mounting is positioned between a supmembers being embedded in the rubber strucporting member and a supported member, as

ture. 1 shown in Figure 1, a small region of the rubber As shown in Figure 1 of the drawing, the cupstructure is in contact with said supporting and 50 shaped metal members are in inverted position. supported structures. Because of the rounded The largermost metal member I6 is of, general profile of the rubber contiguous with said regions frusto-conical shape, and is formed with op-. of contact, said regions increase in area as the posite ears l9, I!) that extend radially outwardly mounting is deformed when the supporting mem- 5 from its lowermost margin and are formed with beer I! moves toward the supporting mem r ll due to vertical vibration of one or both of said members. Thus the mounting offers progressively increasing resistance to such deformation the resistance to compression of that portion of.

the rubber structure 18, that is disposed between the overlapping flanges 2!, 22 of the metal inserts I8, ll, which flanges move toward each other as the supported and supporting members move apart.

In the event of failure of the bond between the rubber and the metal inserts of the resilient mounting, the telescoped inserts act as a safety device to prevent complete separation of the supported and the supporting members. By reason of the hexagonal shape of the upper metal insert l'l, said insert functions as a socket for the nut i4, and will prevent the latter from turning when the bolt I3 is turned in either direction. The inturned tongues 24 retain the nut in said socket when the bolt l3 is'removed. The arrangement is such that the supported member l2 maybe removed from or mounted upon the resilient mounting without requiring the latter to be removed from the supporting member H).

-In the event that less resilience in the mounting is desired, as when the supported member is heavier than that shown, the inner metal member may be made larger in diameter, with the result that there is less rubberin the mounting and consequently less resilience.

The modified embodiment of the invention shown in Figure 3 differs from the structure shown in Figures 1 and 2 solely in the construction of the inner metal member and the means for retaining the nut therein. Said inner metal member, designated 21, is similar to inner metal member I! previously described except that it has no tongues 24 stuck'out from its structure. Instead, it is formed, in its inner peripheral face in the region immediately. below the nut M, with a concentric circumferential groove 28, and receivable in said groove is a split ring 29 that may be sufficiently constricted to permit of its mounting in said groove. The ring 29 retains the nut M in its socket when the bolt i3 is removed.

Other modification maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

' What is claimed is:

1. A resilient mounting consisting of an annular dome-shaped structure comprising a metal annulus about the outer periphery thereof, a V

metal annulus about the radially inner surface thereof in axially offset relation to the first mentioned annulus, and a body of rubber covering the outer peripheral face of the inner metal member and the inner peripheral face of the outer metal member and bonded to each of them, a substantial portion of the body of rubber being unconfined and exposed on'the outer and inner surfaces thereof, one marginal portion of each of said metal members being formed as aperipheral flange that extends into said rubber body, the flange of the outer metal member overlying the flange of the inner metal member in axially spaced relation thereto.

2. A. resilient mounting consisting of an annular dome-shaped structure of rubber and metal and comprising an annular inner metal member and an annular outer metal member arranged in partly telescoped relation to each other, an annular body of rubber interposed between said annular metal members, the telescoped portions of said metal members being 'formed with respective marginal flanges that overlap each other, in axially spaced relation, interiorly of said rubber body, said rubber body having a substantial portion thereof that is un- 3. A resilient mounting consisting of an annular dome-shaped structure of rubber and metal and comprising an annular inner metal member and an annular outer metal member arranged in partly telescoped relation to each other, the telescoped portions of said members being formed with respective marginal flanges that overlap each other, in axially spaced relation, interiorly of the rubber structure of the mounting, said rubber structure comprising a rounded shoulder that merges with the plane of the projecting end of the inner metal member, and a rounded shoulder that merges with the plane of the projecting end of the outer metal member.

4. A resilient mounting consisting of an annular dome-shaped structure of rubber and metal and comprising a metal insert on its inner periphery extending to the top thereof, said insert being axially apertured to receive a bolt by means of which a structure is secured to said mounting, said insert being of polygonal shape in transverse section so as to constitute a socket for receiving a nut on said bolt, and to prevent rotation of said nut, and means positionable inwardly of the socket for retaining the nut in said socket when the bolt is removed.

5. A combination as defined in claim 4 in which the means for retaining the nut in the socket comprises a pair, of ears formed on the metal insert and bent over the nut.

6. A combination as defined in claim 4 in which the means for retaining the nut in the socket comprises a split ring that is mounted below the nut in a concentric groove formed in the inner periphery of the metal insert.

' CLARENCE E. WORKMAN.

LE ROY M. KUBAUGH. 

